A/N: Some of the reviewers felt I should have given some warning about the 'disciples' of Liam – I purposely used a wide variety from several sources so as not to single out a single religion. This won't be an integral part of the story – it was only meant to show that he did have an impact on humanities' evolution. I'm a Religious Studies major so I have a tendency to place religious context in my stories without thinking about it.
Chapter 4 – Points in time
Jack ran to the Control Booth, trying to determine the cause of the alarms.
"Sergeant, what's going on?"
"Sir, someone is dialling in and we haven't received a GDO signal yet."
"Close the iris, now!"
"Yes sir!"
The iris closed and everyone in the booth held their breath. Nothing could be heard from the Stargate.
"Shouldn't there have been a thump? Why open a wormhole if you don't send something through to go thump?" O'Neill asked. Carter and Hammond ran into the control room.
"What's going on?" the General demanded.
"Well, sir, we have an incoming wormhole without the thump."
"The thump?" Hammand asked incredulous.
"I think what the Colonel means, sir, is that whoever opened the wormhole didn't send anything through it," Carter replied.
O'Neill just grinned innocently and shrugged his shoulders.
"That's what I said."
"Um, General, I'm receiving some strange readings from the iris. The metal temperature appears to be rising at an exponential rate," the sergeant reported nervously.
Carter double-checked the readings.
"He's right, sir. If this keeps up, the entire iris will melt away in less than fifteen minutes."
The officers looked towards the iris, where a small hole had already appeared.
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The scholars looked up sharply as the warning bells went off. Matthew looked around, confused. What could be the big emergency?
Daniel Jackson looked at his colleague. He couldn't leave the man alone, not if the emergency was alien related. But he had no way to find out what was going on. The two men waited for five minutes when Jack O'Neill ran into the room.
"Daniel, we have a problem. I need you to get your friend up to the surface immediately."
"But, Jack, I can't just leave," Daniel protested.
"You can and will, there's no time to explain," with that the colonel turned to leave but stopped when Matthew spoke up.
"Wait! What about my son?"
Jack cursed, momentarily forgetting that the boy was still in his office.
"Just go! I'll get Liam and have a sergeant escort him off the base."
Before either of the archaeologists could protest, he took off running. Daniel grabbed Matthew's arm and pulled the man along. All around them armed soldier rushed towards the gateroom. It had been ten minutes since the alarms had begun to ring. They reached the elevator and began the long climb upwards. They had reached the upper levels when they felt the mountain shake.
"What the hell was that?" Matthew cried.
Daniel looked back towards the closing elevator doors.
"I don't know."
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The gateroom was in chaos; most of the iris had been melted away when an object came through the Stargate. The soldiers hit the deck and an explosion rocked the room. Debris was everywhere and very few bodies where moving. Jaffa streamed through the now clear room.
They secured the area and waited as their God walked through the Chapa'ai.
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"Sergeant, I want this entire facility locked down!" the General yelled as he watched the security monitors. In seconds the entire building was in lockdown. The SGC watched as the Goa'uld walked through the Stargate.
The woman was tall with long dark hair with middle-eastern features. She was wearing a skimpy blood-red robe, and had a ribbon device on her right hand. An injured soldier closest to her tried to aim his weapon. She turned glowing eyes towards him.
"I am your God, Kali, Goddess of Death and Destruction. Bow before me or die."
The soldier raised his weapon but screamed as the ribbon device was activated. He slumped to the floor dead.
"Everyone, evacuate the floor and retreat to defensive areas," the General ordered through the intercom.
The General ran towards his office and picked up the red phone.
"Sir, we have a problem."
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The Goa'uld surveyed the area with calm. These tau'ri would fall before her, and she would become the most powerful system lord. Her First Prime bowed before her.
"My queen, the tau'ri have abandoned the area and have moved to easier defended areas. I have sent your troops and I believe we shall have the facility in a matter of hours."
The fake Goddess smiled.
"Excellent. But remember, I want Jack O'Neill taken alive." She smiled smugly. "I want to parade him before the rest of the system lords as a symbol of my power."
The Jaffa nodded sharply and left.
The Goa'uld turned to sit on the thrown her Jaffa had brought through the gate for her. As she sat, she frowned and examined the room. For a moment, she had felt a powerful presence.
I must have imagined it.
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Jack ran through the hallways as far as his legs could carry him. His knees protested the treatment, but the man was beyond caring.
He stopped momentarily as he spotted Carter.
"Carter! What's going on?"
"Sir, they've captured the gateroom. The general has ordered a complete lockdown of the base. Where's Daniel?"
"He's safely topside. Who are the 'they'?"
"Goa'uld, sir. She called herself 'Kali'. We've been ordered to move to secure areas and try and stop their advance. The General is on the phone with the president right now."
"All right, get going."
"Sir, aren't you coming?"
Jack just took off running, and Carter headed in the other direction.
He reached his office out of breath and opened the door.
"Liam, we've got to…" Jack trailed off as he realized he was talking to an empty room.
"Forcryingoutloud!"
TBC
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